Some tips for explaining autism to younger children, including example behaviours and explanations with easier vocabulary.

This 4 minute video talks about the importance of utilizing repetition in your daily lesson plans. I walk through an example of how I used one of my favorite tools, a literacy unit. I never felt like I was cheating my students by repeating the same lesson plan several days in a row. I just […]

Echolalia- Learn strategies for your Autism classroom. What echolalia is and how to reduce it with activities to decrease repetitive speech or non-authentic communication.

Organized Chaos is the best way to describe my life. I struggle with finding the balance between trying to be organized and doing too muc...

I’m definitely not an expert on disabilities students may have. So, I’ve been trying to find out more information. I’ve been looking for some good fact sheets about the most commo…

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Hey Science Friends, Here is a quick one for you. Have you see the Tattle Turtle in those teacher catalogs for around twenty dollars? Yep, ...

One of the hardest aspects of becoming a parent to a child with special needs is how it greatly affects an existing family dynamic.

A confession: I get a significant thrill from reading research that confirms my personal suspicions.